Got a green mark on your sidewalk in Troy?
The short answer
In Troy, a sidewalk or driveway approach marked in green paint is the property owner's to pay for, and the city mails a notice before its contractor is scheduled. You do not have to use the city's contractor: Troy says you may hire any licensed contractor, with a Building Department permit for anything over 50 square feet. Lemus can price it from a photo of the notice.
- Owner pays
- Green paint
- City pays
- Orange paint
- Trip step
- 3/4" offset or more
- Permit
- Over 50 sq ft
How it works in Troy
Read the mark
Green: the owner pays. Orange: the city pays and no notice is mailed.
Read the notice
It comes in the mail before the work is scheduled, with the cost if the city's contractor does it and a deadline to sign and return.
Choose
Sign and return it for the city's contractor, or hire any licensed contractor you choose.
Permit and inspection
Over 50 square feet needs a Building Department permit; Public Works inspects the finished work.
Why was my sidewalk marked?
Troy's Public Works department selects walks and approaches every year. The owner pays when a slab has a trip step of 3/4 inch or more, two or more cracks or cracks that have begun to separate, 25 percent or more surface deterioration, been raised by a tree on the owner's own property, or settled more than 1 1/2 inches and holds water.
The city pays for damage from trees in the right of way, from the construction of city utilities (not utility trench settlement), for the side-street walk on a corner lot other than at driveway crossings, and for intersection crosswalks and handicap ramps.
What does Troy ask of your own contractor?
6-sack concrete, a broom finish, curing compound after the pour, re-sodding where grass dies, expansion strips every 50 feet and at the back of the curb and front of the walk beside each approach, walks 4 inches thick and not less than 6 inches at a driveway crossing, and approaches 6 inches thick.
Can a marked slab just be leveled?
Troy permits leveling only if the concrete is not cracked, shattered or severely spalled. A cracked slab is replaced.
Troy notice
Send a photo of the notice. We price the same slabs.
- Owner pays
- Green paint
- City pays
- Orange paint
- Trip step
- 3/4" offset or more
- Permit
- Over 50 sq ft
Questions
Troy notices: questions.
Cited
Read from the April 2025 copy of Troy's page; troymi.gov did not load on Oct 18 2026. Check the live page before relying on it.
Do I have to use the city's contractor?
No. Troy's own page: you may make the repairs yourself or hire any licensed contractor you choose.
Is the approach included?
Yes. Troy's program covers sidewalks and driveway approaches, marked the same way.
Can you quote from the notice?
Yes. Send a photo of the notice and the marked slabs, and we price the same work.
Free lot walk · Dated photo report
Price your Troy notice from a photo.
One property, one walk, one report you can forward to the owner: a photo of each problem, sorted into fix now, this year, and budget for next year.